#expedience

When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. ↗

— Abbie Hoffman

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